The Last Action Hero

The last action hero is sleeping The monsters he conquered are dead But many more gather to face him Surrounding his body in bed His mind and his spirit are weary He’s tired of running a lap He’d rather not pay for tomorrow By falling inside of a trap The doctor has said that he’s dying Our hero could pass any day The bounty of love he was promised Is already given away The kids of Olympus are wasted By robbers who took what they could The monsters are winning the battle To label the evil as good The village is speaking against him His future is already spent The daughters of Eden are working But nobody pays for the rent The last action hero is finished For nobody answered the call The family is bitterly weeping But not for the hero at all The dragons of warfare are jealous When heroes are hailed in song The children are voicing their freedom By claiming that daddy is wrong The hero is dragged into heaven His future is finally assured His fortune is free of the children For love is a challenging word.